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      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Dogs allowed to swim at this Vancouver Island pool for its last day of the season",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/dogs-allowed-to-swim-at-this-vancouver-island-pool-for-its-last-day-of-the-season-1344580/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T13:45:00+00:00",
      "description": "A dog jumps into the pool at the 2015 Pooch-a-Poolooza. (City of Courtenay/Facebook) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/503702897_3123483934467939_7657756663118318943_n-e1787868509360.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> An outdoor pool on Vancouver Island will be open for dogs on its last day of the summer season once again. The post Dogs allowed to swim at this Vancouver Island pool for its last day of the season appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "47th annual Victoria Classic Boat Festisval returns next weekend, includes century-old vessels",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/47th-annual-victoria-classic-boat-festisval-returns-next-weekend-includes-century-old-vessels-1344532/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T13:30:00+00:00",
      "description": "A previous Victoria Classic Boat Show is shown. (Maritime Museum of BC) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/unnamed-9-scaled-e1787863489396.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> Up to 100 unique vessels will be filling Victoria’s Inner Harbour next weekend for the 47th annual Victoria Classic Boat Festival. The post 47th annual Victoria Classic Boat Festisval returns next weekend, includes century-old vessels appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "7-in-10 Canadians support Carney’s decision to halt U.S. trade talks, new Abacus poll shows",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/canada-abacus-poll-us-trade-talks-mark-carney-donald-trump-tariffs/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:19:06 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T13:19:06+00:00",
      "description": "The poll, conducted Aug. 21–26 and based on just over 2,000 Canadian adults, finds 71 per cent believe the federal government made the right decision to suspend trade talks."
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Plan for Abbotsford sports park hits setback after failed land-swap proposal",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abbotsford-sports-park-plan-9.7323649?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T13:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "The City of Abbotsford’s plan to turn a parcel of farmland into an enormous sports complex has hit a setback, after B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission denied an application by the city."
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      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Canada extends Ebola travel restrictions for another 30 days",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/canada-extends-ebola-travel-restrictions-for-another-30-days/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:15:53 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T12:15:53+00:00",
      "description": "Government officials say people from Ebola-affected countries will continue to be banned from entering Canada for another 30 days, prolonging the state of limbo for tens of thousands of people who have had their residency applications suspended since May. The extension means decisions on immigration and visa applications from residents of the Democratic Republic of […]"
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    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Subway restaurant owner in Quesnel fined for trying to suppress worker injury claim: WorkSafeBC",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/quesnel-subway-restaurant-owner-9.7321716?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T12:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "The owner of a Subway restaurant in Quesnel, B.C., was fined $2,500 after WorkSafeBC found they tried to get a worker to retract their injury claim after being burned on the job."
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      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "The $300M Russian cargo plane trapped in Canada",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/russian-plane-pearson-airport-big-story-podcast/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:34:02 +0000",
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      "description": "If you’ve driven by Toronto Pearson International Airport at all in the past four years, you may have noticed the massive cargo jet with a big Russian flag on it just sitting there. It’s been grounded ever since Canada closed its airspace to Russia following their invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia has been trying […]"
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    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "How Trump’s lumber tariffs made a bad situation worse in B.C.",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trump-lumber-tariffs-british-columbia-tariffs-9.7323107?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T11:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Donald Trump is hardly the first U.S. president whose government has imposed steep duties on Canadian lumber. The tariffs are the latest chapter in a dispute that's been going on for more than four decades. Here’s how we got here."
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      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Intensifying trade war could permanently alter Canada-U.S. trade, economist says",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/intensifying-trade-war-could-permanently-alter-canada-u-s-trade-economist-says/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:04 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T08:00:04+00:00",
      "description": "The intensifying tariff war between Canada and the United States could permanently alter cross-border trade, signalling the potential end of an era of expanding economic ties between the countries, experts say."
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      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Economy grew 3.3% annualized in Q2 as Q1 figures revised higher: StatCan",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/statcan-set-to-report-q2-gdp-results-after-surprise-q1-contraction/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:03 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T08:00:03+00:00",
      "description": "Fresh data from Statistics Canada on Friday suggests the economy was growing at a healthy clip in the second quarter and rumblings of a recession earlier in the year might’ve been overblown. Real gross domestic product rose 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, a tick lower than economists’ expectations. That was still the fastest […]"
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Surrey Six killer loses court battle to have conviction overturned",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038597/surrey-six-killer-loses-court-battle/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:43:34 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T03:43:34+00:00",
      "description": "In 2014, Red Scorpion Cody Haevischer was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in the October 2007 killings at Surrey's Balmoral Tower."
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    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Death toll from flash floods rises to more than 450 with hundreds still missing",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/death-toll-from-flash-floods-rises-with-rescuers-in-nepal-and-china-working-to-find-hundreds-missing/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:28:07 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T03:28:07+00:00",
      "description": "KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The death toll from massive flash floods has risen to 469 in Nepal, police said Friday, as rescuers work to find hundreds of people still missing in the area on the Nepal-China border."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "A painful homecoming: Faulder residents return to see what the Bald range fire left behind",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038712/a-painful-homecoming-faulder-residents-return-to-see-what-the-bald-range-fire-left-behind/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:24:02 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T03:24:02+00:00",
      "description": "Residents of Faulder were finally allowed to return to their properties, getting their first chance to walk through the areas hit by the Bald Range wildfire"
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    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Businesses relieved by reopening of Highway 1 through B.C.'s Fraser Canyon",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fraser-canyon-highway-reopens-businesses-9.7323698?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:17:32 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T02:17:32+00:00",
      "description": "Part of the Trans-Canada Highway was shut down on July 7 as the Brunswick wildfire complex raged near Boston Bar. The fires are still burning, but, on Wednesday, the province deemed it safe enough for a partial reopening."
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "3rd grizzly in family of 4 killed in B.C.'s West Kootenay",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nelson-third-grizzly-yearling-killed-9.7323563?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:36:56 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T01:36:56+00:00",
      "description": "A third grizzly in a family of four well-known bears in the West Kootenay has been killed."
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    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Province closes Cowichan Valley road near where 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was fatally hit by car",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/province-closes-cowichan-valley-road-near-where-12-year-old-xavier-rasul-jankovics-was-fatally-hit-by-car-1344619/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:15:07 +0000",
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      "description": "A memorial for 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics, who was killed by a speeding driver. \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-50.png?fit=780%2C438&ssl=1\" /> The province is closing public access to a gravel road in the Cowichan Valley, near Cobble Hill, where a 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was killed by a speeding driver. The post Province closes Cowichan Valley road near where 12-year-old Xavier Rasul-Jankovics was fatally hit by car appeared first on CHEK ."
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      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Victoria man who killed neighbour with hatchet sentenced to life with no parole eligibility for 11 years",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/victoria-man-who-killed-neighbour-with-hatchet-sentenced-to-life-with-no-parole-eligibility-for-11-years-1344613/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:02:45 +0000",
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      "description": "The provincial law courts in Victoria are pictured. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20-TREGEAR-VERDICT-VO-1143_00252.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> At sentencing, murderer Michael King apologized to his victim's family but was still unable to explain why he did it. The post Victoria man who killed neighbour with hatchet sentenced to life with no parole eligibility for 11 years appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "‘We’re choosing Canadians’: Vancouver Island and national distilleries face tariff impact",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/were-choosing-canadians-vancouver-island-and-national-distilleries-face-tariff-impact-1344638/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:58:37 +0000",
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      "description": "A whisky distillery on Vancouver Island says it's focusing on supporting Canadian businesses as the industry braces for the impact of the trade war on their businesses. The post ‘We’re choosing Canadians’: Vancouver Island and national distilleries face tariff impact appeared first on CHEK ."
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    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Another BC Conservative MLA leaves caucus to sit as Independent",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/bruce-banman-leaves-conservatives/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:24:11 +0000",
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      "description": "Another BC Conservative MLA has left the party's caucus and will sit as an Independent in the legislature."
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Bruce Banman joins exodus from B.C. Conservative caucus",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bruce-banman-bc-conservative-caucus-departure-9.7323534?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:19:11 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T00:19:11+00:00",
      "description": "The Abbotsford South MLA says he has heard that leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is unelectable, and it is a reason for his departure."
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Jury offers 4 recommendations after inquest into fatal police shooting near Tofino",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/julian-jones-coroners-inquest-recommendations-9.7323495?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:53:20 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:53:20+00:00",
      "description": "Julian Jones, 28, died on Feb. 27, 2021 after he was shot when officers responded to reports of a woman being assaulted and confined in a home in the remote island community of Opitsaht."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Another MLA leaves BC Conservative Party as Bruce Banman announces exit",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038522/mla-leaves-bc-conservative-party-bruce-banman-exit/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:43:02 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:43:02+00:00",
      "description": "'The goal in politics is to make the tent bigger. To listen to the majority. It’s not about left or right. It’s about doing what’s right,' Bruce Banman said in a statement."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Kelowna sets sights on Canadian Premier League soccer team by 2028",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-canadian-premier-league-apple-bowl-9.7323363?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:41:49 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:41:49+00:00",
      "description": "The city of Kelowna is exploring a $25-million investment in its premier sports stadium in a bid to bring a pro soccer club to the community."
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    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "B.C. ends provincial state of emergency declared due to wildfires",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038505/bc-ends-provincial-state-emergency-wildfires/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:31:26 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:31:26+00:00",
      "description": "This cancellation does not affect current evacuation orders, evacuation alerts or local emergencies put in place by local governments or First Nations."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "B.C. ends state of emergency while wildfire risk remains",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/state-of-emergency-over-wildfires/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:15:41 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:15:41+00:00",
      "description": "British Columbia’s provincial state of emergency has ended, even as wildfire risk remains high in many parts of the province."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many from U.S.",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038490/canada-foreign-scientists-us/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:01:31 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:01:31+00:00",
      "description": "The researchers are being hired by universities across the country, including the University of British Columbia, McGill and the University of Toronto."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "B.C. ends fire state of emergency after 20 days, thousands of evacuations, one death",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/b-c-ends-wildfire-state-of-emergency-after-20-days-1344604/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:01:29 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:01:29+00:00",
      "description": "CN railworkers on a firefighting train travel past the Brunswick Creek wildfire in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fc1bbc3470e6dee6e76777b9c2ae949236d51f6b96f5626bd743f9fba1d7b710-e1787871677267.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> British Columbia has ended a provincial state of emergency that was imposed on Aug. 8 in response to wildfires that sent thousands of people fleeing and resulted in one death. The post B.C. ends fire state of emergency after 20 days, thousands of evacuations, one death appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "B.C. couple missing after catastrophic flash flooding on Nepal-Tibet border",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038406/bc-couple-missing-nepal-tibet-catastrophic-flash-flooding/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:01:21 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:01:21+00:00",
      "description": "Dhaval and Megha Shah were on a tour in the Timure region when ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering the disaster."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. ends wildfire-related state of emergency, offroad vehicle ban to be lifted",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-lifting-state-of-emergency-off-road-vehicle-ban-9.7323451?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:54:49 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:54:49+00:00",
      "description": "B.C.'s forests minister says a province-wide state of emergency has ended, but wildfire risk remains."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/canada-recruits-dozens-of-foreign-scientists-researchers-poaching-many-from-u-s-1344594/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:45:00+00:00",
      "description": "Industry Minister Melanie Joly speaks during a funding announcement for space technology at MDA in Montreal, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/3e6fcab1e6c94a6b816833a44fdc70056bbc0d60e7678da185bbd43af4f7d5b5-e1787870029424.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract world-leading academics. The post Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S. appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Off-road vehicles to be permitted in Coastal Fire Centre starting on Friday at noon",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/off-road-vehicles-to-be-permitted-in-coastal-fire-centre-starting-on-friday-at-noon-1344585/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:24:38 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:24:38+00:00",
      "description": "Pexels.com \",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"a row of polaris quad bikes\",\"orientation\":\"1\",\"alt\":\"\"}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-19133792\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\" Photo by Amar Preciado on Pexels.com \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-19133792-e1786390740495.jpeg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> The restriction of off-road vehicles in parts of the Coastal Fire Centre will be lifted on Friday at noon. The post Off-road vehicles to be permitted in Coastal Fire Centre starting on Friday at noon appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Petition to repeal DRIPA approved by Elections BC",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/petition-repeal-dripa-conservatives/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:20:40 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:20:40+00:00",
      "description": "A petition seeking to repeal British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has been approved by Elections BC, according to BC Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Two of Victoria’s least accessible public washrooms now replaced",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/two-of-victorias-least-accessible-public-washrooms-now-replaced-1344535/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:15:00+00:00",
      "description": "One of the new public washrooms along Dallas Road. (City of Victoria handout photo) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dallas-Road-washroom.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> Two public washrooms in Victoria that had the lowest accessibility scores have now been replaced. The post Two of Victoria’s least accessible public washrooms now replaced appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "NBA superstar Steph Curry and wife enjoying trip along B.C.’s coast, east of Vancouver Island",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/nba-superstar-steph-curry-and-wife-enjoying-trip-along-b-c-s-coast-east-of-vancouver-island-1344559/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T22:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Steph and Ayehsa Curry are shown vacationing in B.C. in this post dated Aug. 26, 2026. (Stephen Curry/Facebook) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/787638695_18635474824055989_5692821782833448223_n-scaled-e1787866978664.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> Four-time NBA champion and two-time MVP of the year Steph Curry and his wife, Ayesha, have been posting about their time vacationing in coastal B.C., just off northeastern Vancouver Island. The post NBA superstar Steph Curry and wife enjoying trip along B.C.’s coast, east of Vancouver Island appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/canada-recruits-dozens-of-foreign-scientists-researchers-poaching-many-from-u-s/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:58:28 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T21:58:28+00:00",
      "description": "Canadian universities have recruited dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many of them poached from prestigious U.S. institutions, in the first intake of a program to attract world-leading academics."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "B.C. officials urge kids to return to school with up-to-date vaccines",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038220/bc-officials-kids-return-school-up-to-date-vaccines/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:55:46 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T21:55:46+00:00",
      "description": "Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, said it is not too late to make sure children's vaccinations are up-to-date as they head back-to-school."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. Conservative MLA makes move to repeal DRIPA",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/harman-bhangu-initiative-petition-dripa-bc-9.7323111?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:46:42 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T21:46:42+00:00",
      "description": "A B.C. Conservative MLA is trying to repeal the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "No active measles cases in B.C., but health officials warn of new virus strain ahead of school year",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-new-measles-strain-back-to-school-vaccination-9.7323163?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:20:18 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T21:20:18+00:00",
      "description": "Dr. Bonnie Henry says the new strain was sequenced after a cluster of new cases were reported in northeast B.C. this summer."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Pilot dies in training flight crash near Mission",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/plane-crash-near-mission-bc-9.7322679?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:42:10 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T20:42:10+00:00",
      "description": "The 22-year-old male pilot and sole occupant of the plane was conducting a training flight at the time of the crash."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Teen arrested for impaired driving following crash that killed 2 on Vancouver Island",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038088/teen-arrested-impaired-driving-double-fatal-crash-vancouver-island/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:17:52 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T20:17:52+00:00",
      "description": "BC Highway Patrol said just after 3 a.m. a blue Kia Sedona minivan and a grey Volkswagen Jetta collided head-on in the southbound lanes near Ware Road."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "3 dead after 2 Vancouver Island highway crashes",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fatal-crashes-highway-19-9.7323103?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:14:23 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T20:14:23+00:00",
      "description": "RCMP are investigating two crashes that killed a total of three people along a stretch of Highway 19 on Vancouver Island, and have arrested a 16-year-old involved in one for impaired operation causing death."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Judge rejects application by 'Surrey Six' killer to stay convictions",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-six-application-rejected-9.7323084?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:10:56 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T20:10:56+00:00",
      "description": "A B.C. Supreme Court judge has rejected an application by one of the \"Surrey Six\" killers to stay the convictions against him."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Transportation Safety Board investigating after fatal small plane crash in Mission",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038024/fatal-small-plane-crash-mission-transportation-safety-board/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:29:08 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T19:29:08+00:00",
      "description": "A 22-year-old man was also found deceased. RCMP said they believe he was the sole occupant of the plane that was conducting a training flight."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon open after wildfire closed it for 7 weeks",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12037914/highway-1-fraser-canyon-open-wildfire-closed-7-weeks/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:31:48 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T18:31:48+00:00",
      "description": "There is single-lane alternating traffic through a two-kilometre section extending from one kilometre south of the Alexandra Tunnel to one kilometre north of the Alexandra Tunnel."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Tree-mapping tool piloted in Kelowna is expanding across B.C. to cool down cities",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tree-mapping-tool-piloted-in-kelowna-is-expanding-across-bc-to-cool-down-cities-9.7320373?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:06:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T16:06:00+00:00",
      "description": "A University of British Columbia-led pilot project in Kelowna is expanding to Vancouver. It looks to change how local governments approach urban shade and planting trees."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Hope remains for 2 Vancouver Island pulp mills despite recent industry turmoil",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-mills-us-tariffs-9.7321717?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T15:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Local officials and an operator are remaining hopeful over the future of the two remaining pulp mills on Vancouver Island, despite recent mill closures and new U.S. tariffs."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Free passes to Joffre Lakes Park being flipped for profit, hiker says",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/joffre-lakes-selling-free-tickets-flipping-9.7320086?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T13:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "A Vancouver woman is raising concerns that people are snapping up free day passes to the popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park and then flipping them for cash online."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Langley outdoor preschool loses licence, shuts down because of unused indoor space",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/langley-outdoor-preschool-loses-licence-shuts-down-because-of-unused-indoor-space-9.7322099?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T12:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Langley Forest School was first licensed by Fraser Health in 2016 and ran programs exclusively outdoors."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Hudson's Hope residents say properties acquired for Site C poorly managed by B.C. Hydro",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-impacts-still-felt-in-hudsons-hope-9.7321528?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T11:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Residents in Hudson's Hope say B.C. Hydro is refusing to sell structures from properties acquired by the Crown corporation during the Site C dam's construction, items they feel could be repurposed by the community."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "'Visual symbol of climate change': Mount Robson's Berg Glacier no longer reaches lake",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mount-robson-berg-glacier-berg-lake-retreat-9.7322045?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:00:05 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T00:00:05+00:00",
      "description": "One of the most picturesque sights in British Columbia is changing — as Mount Robson's Berg Glacier has retreated so far back that it no longer touches the water of Berg Lake."
    }
  ]
}